Two piece collapsible chair



Nov. 24, 1959 c. E. UNDERWOOD TWO PIECE COLLAPSIBLE CHAIR 2 Sheets-Sheet1 Filed Sept. 15, 1955 IN VENTOR ATTORNEYS Nov. 24, 1959 c. E. UNDERWOODTWO PIECE COLLAPSIBLE CHAIR 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 15, 1955 1 S RY E mw m WW 0 we w 15 A w 0 E m M y C United States PatenfO TWO PIECECOLLAPSIBLE CHAIR Charles E. Underwood, Lake Junaluska, N.C. ApplicationSeptember 15, 1955, Serial No. 534,511)

2 Claims. or. 155-191 This invention relates to chairms, and moreparticularly to a two piece collapsible chair which can be readilyassembled and disassembled.

An object of the invention is to provide a two piece collapsible chairwherein no bolts or screws are employed for assembling the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a two piece collapsiblechair wherein'the two parts cooperate with each other to maintain thechair in upright position.

A further object of the invention is to 'provide'a two piece collapsiblechair which can be readily disassembled and has cooperating parts tomaintain the two pieces in a fiat 1 compact package for purposes ofcarrying or shipping. 2

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objectswill appear as the description proceeds when taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, in which 7 Figure 1 isa side elevationshowing the chair in assembled form and showing in dotted lines themanner in which the seating portion is inserted to engage the backportion of the chair;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the chair;

Figure 3 is a front elevational view;

Figure 4 is an isometric view of the back portion of the chair;

Figure 5 is an isometric view of the seating portion of the chair;

Figure 6 shows the back portion and seating portion of the chairengaging each other in assembled condition for shipping, carrying orstoring.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the reference numeral 10broadly indicates a two piece chair having a front or seating portion 11and a back or back rest portion 12.

The seating portion 11 comprises a pair of spaced parallel side members13 and 14 having ends 13a and 14a I the front edge of members 30 and 31and provide a back rest for] the chair. I

The front edges of the side members 30 and 31 are cut away to definereduced portions 34, 35 which terminate at legs 36 and 37 formedintegral with the sides 30 and 31. The legs 36, 37 have lower ends 40and 41 terminating at an angle to the width of the legs to provide fiatportions for the chair to rest properly on a surface.

A front cross memberorseatsupporting member 42 is secured in slots 43,44 provided in the upper front edge portions of the legs 36 and 37 uponwhich rest the parallel side members 13 and 14 of the chair seatingportion 11.

A back cross member 45 is spaced above the member 42 and is secured inslots 46 and 47 provided in the back edges of the side members 30 and31. The member 45 is spaced above member 42 a distance substantiallyequal and connected together by a plurality of spaced transverse slatmembers 15 which serve as a seat. The side members 13 and 14 extendrearwardly from the slats 15 and have formed integral therewith a pairof legs 16 and 17 which have ends cut away to define portions 20 and 21which serve to permit the chair to rest properly on a surface.

The upper surfaces of the side members 13 and 14 are cut away to formshoulders 22, 23 which define the front extremities of back restengagement surface edges 24, 25 which are engaged by the back portion12. The

rearmost points of the edges 24 and 25 are defined by recessed orreduced upper edge portions 26, 27 on the legs 16 and 17. The juncturesof the edges 24, 25 and the respective upper edge portions 26, 27 defineshoulder portions 28, 29, respectively.

The back rest portion 12 comprises spaced parallel side members 30 and31 connected together at their upper ends by a transverse cross piece orhead member 32. A plurality of parallel spaced slats 33 are securedalong to the width of side members 13 and 14 taken at the edgeportions24 and 25.

The flat surface edges 24 and 25 of the seating portion 11' engage thebottom edge of back cross member 45 to maintain the chair 10 in uprightor assembled position.

It will'be observed in Figures 1 and 2 that the rearmost slat15 of theseating portion 11 engages the reduced edge portions 34 and 35 of theback portion 12 and thus acts as a stop to properly position the chairin assembled position.

To disassemble the chair shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 into the compactstoring and shipping condition shown in Figure 6, the front or seatingportion 11 of the chair 10 is pulled outwardly as shown in dotted linesin Figure 1 until the legs 16 and 17 are clear of the back rest portion12. Then the front portion 11 is lifted up and over the cross member 32of the back rest portion 12 and the legs 16 and 17 of the front portion11 are pointed downwardly and are guided between the cross members 42and 45 of the back rest portion 12 until the shoulder portions 28, 29 ofthe respective legs 16 and 17 engage the cross member 45, at which timethe ends of the legs 16, 17 will be substantially even with the ends oflegs 40 and 41 of the back rest portion 12. It will thus be seen thatthe recessed portions or reduced edge portions 26 and 27 of the legs 16and 17 of the seating or front portion 11 serve to permit the legs 16and 17 to enter the space between the cross pieces 42 and 45 of the backrest portion 12 while the engagement of shoulder portions 28, 29 withthe cross member 45 maintains the front portion 11 in substantiallyconfined relation within said back rest portion 12 in unassembledcondition. The ends 13a and 14a of the side members 13 and 14 arepositioned underneath and in contact with the cross member 32 of theback portion 12. Therefore, the disassembled chair shown in Figure 6 canbe carried by engaging one of the slats 15 of the seat portion 11.

It will thus be seen that there has been provided a novel two piececollapsible chair wherein the two portions so cooperate with each otherto make unnecessary the use of any bolts or nails for assembling the twopieces together in upright position, and wherein other parts of the twopieces cooperate to present a compact disassembled unit which can beeasily carried.

In the drawings and specification there has been set forth a preferredembodiment of the invention and, although specific terms are employed,they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not forpurposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being defined in theclaims.

I claim:

1. A two piece chair comprising a back portion, a front portion, each ofsaid spaced side members having substantially opposed and correspondingedge portions, a plurality of slats G011- a PajlentedNov. 24, 1959.

portions having a pair of n'ecting only one of'the' corresponding edgeportions of each ofsaid'- side-members; legs-formedintegral with each ofsaid side members, a first cross member secured to the upper front edgesof the legs of said back portion, a second crossmember secured' to theback edges of the side members of said back portion, said second crossmember being spaced above said firstcross member, said cross membershaving their opposing side surfaces defining a distance therebetweenequal to the width of the legs of said front portion, said side membersof said front portion being positioned parallel to and between said sidemembers of said back portion, and said legs of' said front portionhaving shoulder portions cooperating with said'second cross member andserving-as stops to maintain the front portion in substantiallyconfined" relation within said back portion in unassembled condition;

2. A chair comprising a' seatingportion, aback rest portion, each ofsaid portionscomprising' a pair'ofispaced substantially straightandparallel side members; a plurality of transverse slats connecting thecorresponding edge portions of each pair of side members, said slatsbeing positioned on only one edge ofeachside member, substantiallystraight legs integral with said side members, said backrestportionhaving slots in thegback'edge of said side members, a crossmember securedin said slots, said legs of: said back' rest'portionhaving slotstin their front edges, a cross member securedin said slots,and said latter cross member beingspaced' apart from said,

first cross member a sufiicient distance to provide a space therebetweenfor-receiving said seating portion, said legs' ing portion therebetweenfor storing or shipping the chair,

a cross piece connecting thefree ends of the side members of the: backrest portion remote from ,the legs thereof, and said cross piece beingarranged transverse to the slats thereofto aid in' maintaining the legsof the seating portion between and parallel to the legs of the back restportion.

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